I don’t doubt for a minute that our Prime Minister and the US President are as concerned as any of us by the abduction of the Nigerian schoolgirls. However, the release of photographs of a sad looking Michelle Obama and, a couple of days later, a similar one of David Cameron holding placards stating “Bring back our girls” is somewhat cheesy to say the least.

What we want from our politicians is action not talk nor cheap posing for the cameras. These publicity shots were just that, all style (of a sort) and no substance.

What is it with our leaders?  I tried to imagine a Winston Churchill or a Franklin D. Roosevelt holding up placards and looking sad for the cameras and of course, I couldn’t.  They had rather more class and gravitas than that.

Cut the posing, take positive action and just get those girls back, whatever it takes. Leave the gimmicks to celebrity airheads and the social media.